In contrast, the drosophilas of Hawaii owe their oddity entirely to the whims of natural selection.
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Drosophila
//dɹoʊˈsɑfələ//
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19 translations across 13 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- هَمَجة noun (Translations)
Assamese
1 entries- কুনকুনি মাখি noun (Translations)
Czech
1 entries- octomilka noun (Translations)
French
1 entries- drosophile noun (Translations)
Greek
1 entries- δροσόφιλα noun (Translations)
Hungarian
1 entries- bormuslinca noun (Translations)
Italian
1 entries- drosofila noun (Translations)
Persian
1 entries- مگس سرکه noun (Translations)
Polish
4 entries- drozofila noun (Translations)
- muszka owocowa noun (Translations)
- muszka owocówka noun (Translations)
- octówka noun (Translations)
Portuguese
1 entries- drosófila noun (Translations)
Russian
1 entries- дрозофи́ла noun (Translations)
Spanish
1 entries- drosófila noun (Translations)
Swedish
1 entries- bananflugor noun (Translations)
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Moreover, the host plant relationships of cactus-specific drosophilae which serve as dispersal agents are well known (Fellows and Heed, 1972; Heed, 1978). The discussion which follows is based on the above studies of yeasts, cacti and drosophilae.
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